Hologic Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Faxitron Bioptics, a privately-held leader in digital specimen radiography, for approximately $85 million.
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. will sponsor a lunch and learn featuring its Exa Mammo platform during the 23rd Annual Mammography meeting, Aug. 6-10 in Santa Fe. This non-CME lecture will be held on Thursday, Aug. 9 from 12:30-1:30 pm as part of the day’s theme of “Focus on Breast MR.”
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the American College of Radiology’s (ACR’s) amendment to the 2016 Alternative Standard #24 to the “Quality control tests--other modalities” requirement. This FDA review and approval of the ACR Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) quality control (QC) test procedures enables the college to incorporate DBT into the 2016 ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual.
IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that they completed the first two installations of the Proteus One proton therapy solution in Japan. The first installation took place at the Hokkaido Ohno Memorial Hospital in Sapporo and the other at the Narita Memorial Proton Center in Toyohashi. Both installations were successful, according to the company, as the Hokkaido Ohno Memorial Hospital installation took less than 12 months and the Narita Memorial Proton Center installation took less than 11 months.
NucleusHealth and Children’s Hospital Colorado’s (Children’s Colorado) Center for Innovation have formed a strategic partnership to improve patient and provider access to medical images using the Nucleus.io platform. The partnership will allow Children’s Colorado to utilize the cloud-based enterprise viewer and medical image management solution to consolidate disparate medical imaging data across their entire organization for improved image availability.
July 30, 2018 — MIM Software Inc. announced its intention to collaborate with Radialogica to provide an integrated, advanced Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm for adaptive radiation therapy assessment and quality assurance.
Varian announced it will be showcasing its advanced cancer care solutions, including a new version of the Eclipse treatment planning software with support for the Halcyon 2.0 treatment system, at the 2018 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting, July 29-Aug. 2 in Nashville.
IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the market launch of its new SmartScan solution at the 60th annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting, July 29-Aug. 2 in Nashville.
July 27, 2018 — Following the deactivation of the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the ECRI Institute announced that it will continue providing a centralized source for evidence-based information on clinical practice guidelines.
